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No One Writes to the Colonel - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Description: ISBN 0141032537 / Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez / Genre: Fiction / In a decaying Colombian town the Colonel and his ailing wife are ... more

No One Writes to the Colonel - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ... living hand-to-mouth, barely finding the money for food and medicine. The Colonel's hopes for a better future lie with his rooster, which for him, and the whole town, has become a symbol of defiance.

Newest Review: ... therefore reflects this in his writing. He is extremely descriptive on the life of people and in this book describes the wait ... more

... which the Colonel has had for the money which he was promised from his efforts in War. For fifteen years he has waited and around this subject are many intelligent things. There is a great deal of material in this book on the relationship which exists between poor and rich people and shows a tremendous amount of corruption in this period of time. The book portrays the life that poorer people lead and is very inspirational. I thoroughly enjoyed this descriptive masterpiece which is also in a Spanish version, for eith...more

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No One Writes to the Colonel - Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Nobody writes to the Colonel (154 words)
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Gabriel seems to have a passion for writing books which are extremely detailed on peoples lives. This book portrays the thought that Gabriel has experinced life as a poor person and therefore reflects this in his writing. He is extremely descriptive on the life of people and in this book describes the wait which the Colonel has had for the money which he was promised from his efforts in War. For fifteen years he has waited and around this subject are many intelligent things. There is a great deal of material in this book on the relationship which exists between poor and rich people and shows a tremendous amount of corruption in this period of time. The book portrays the ... Read the complete review

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